In Brussels on Wednesday 31 August, the members of the committee on budgets of the European Parliament spoke out against the budgetary cuts made by the Council in its July position on the draft EU budget for 2017 (EUROPE 11598, 11597).
A trialogue (Council, Commission and EP) on the 2017 budget will be held this Thursday 1 September. The Council proposed reducing the draft 2017 budget by €1.28 billion in commitments (-0.81%) and by €1.1 billion in payments (-0.82%).
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